Introduction to Drupal Development

Drupal Development
Part I

Why?

Purpose?

RAD?

Size?

OSS?

UI?

Resources?

Technology Stack

Linux/Windows/Mac OS X/BSD.

Apache/Lighttpd: CGI/Fast CGI/Mod.

MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLite/MSSQL/Oracle.

PHP 4/PHP 5.

GNU/Linux

The distros: Ubuntu.

File Structure: what is where?

Services.

Shell/SSH.

Basic commands: man, cp, scp, mv, chmod, chown, cat, less/more, tail.

Intermediate commands: grep, sed.

Apache

Configiuration.

Debian tools: a2enmod, a2ensite.

CGI, mod_php, mod_python.

mod_rewrite: .htaccess

MySQL

MySQL/PostgreSQL.

MyISAM, InnoDB, SleepyCat, Falcon.

Command line: mysql, mysqldump.

GUI: phpMyAdmin.

PostgreSQL?

PHP

Interpreted.

Syntax: Perl/C style.

Features.

Modules: GD.

Q & A

Drupal Development
Part II

Drupal Concepts

CMS/CMF?

Drupal hooks.

Where to get help?

How to install?

The Dos and donts

Be there.

Search first, then write.

Search first, then ask.

Compare first, then choose.

Think big, code small.

Code style.

Drupal lego

Get as much functionality as possible with the least possible code.

Skeleton of a Drupal module

.info file

.module file

Other optional files.

Q & A

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